"The opportunity now in terms of bulk installation is the medium sized roof space," he said.

"There are not huge numbers of those in town but there is a real potential for those medium size system like Araluen and the next scale down where solar power is generating power when and where it is needed."

Mr Latz says it hopes to add more solar panels to the Araluen cultural precinct at a later date.

"The current contract was for 162 kilowatts," he said.

"They're in the process of installing an additional 18 kilowatts on an east facing roof of the main Araluen Arts Centre and I'm told they're also working on another 15 to 20 kilowatt system on the aviation museum.

"So there will be around 200 kilowatts in total on the Araluen cultural precinct.

"This is the fifth and final large-scale iconic project being installed in Alice Springs as part of Alice Solar City.

"It takes the total solar generation in Alice Springs up to 10 per cent of total needs on sunny winter days and that is up from zero when Alice Springs Solar City launched five years ago."